ML20249A946
| ML20249A946 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 06/15/1998 |
| From: | Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| NYN-98086, NUDOCS 9806190176 | |
| Download: ML20249A946 (5) | |
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North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation c
P.O. Box 300 hy d(l8[}(IC J Seabrook, Nil 03874 l-(603) 474-9521
. The Northeast Utilities System June 15,1998 Docket No. 50-443 NYN-98086
- United States. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 '
Seabrook Station Supplemental Petition of Great Bay Power Corporation for a Determination of Reasonable Assurance of Decommissioning Funding
' North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (North. Atlantic) encloses, as Enclosure 1 to this letter, Great Bay Power Corporation's (Great Bay) Supplemental Petition for a Determination of Reasonable Assurance of Decommissioning Funding. This supplemental petition is based upon recent action taken by the State of New Hampshire to pass legislation that imposes proportional guarantor status on the other owners of Seabrook Station.should Great Bay default on its decommissioning obligation.
On January 30,1998, North Atlantic submitted a request to the NRC on behalf of one its owners and licensees, Great Bay' for a determination from the Commission that Great Bay's proposal to accelerate its decommissioning trust fund payments would provide reasonable assurance of decommissioning funding, or, in the attemative, would merit a permanent exemption from i
l Currently, Great Bay has a temporary exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2) for the earlier of one year or 90 days after the effective date of pertinent changes to 10 CFR 50.2 and 10 CFR 50.75. This temporary exemption was granted by the Commission on July 23,- 1997.
J North Atlantic Letter dated January 30, _1998,"Seabrook Station Petition for a Determination that.
1 Great Bay Power Corporation's Acceleration of Decommissioning Trust Fund Payments Would ol E_-
Provide Reasonable Assurance of Decommissioning Funding, or, in the Alternative, Would h0 4 Merit a Permanent Exemption," T.C. Feigenbaum to USNRC -
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.- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NYN-98086/Page 2 The attached supplemental petition _ asks the Commission to find that the enactment oflegislation by the State of New Hampshire that makes the'other owners of Seabrook Station - proportional guarantors of Great Bay's decommissioning obligation in the event of a default provides the reasonable assurance of decommissioning funding called for in 10 CFR 50.75. That legislation, entitled Senate Bill 140, was' signed into law by the Governor of New Hampshire on June 11,1998.
Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Terry L. Harpster, Director of Licensing Services, at (603) 773-7765.
I Very truly yours, NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP.
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Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
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SEABROOK STATION PETITION FOR A DETERMINATION TIIAT GREAT HAY POWER l
CORPORATION'S ACCELERATION OF DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUND PAYMENTS WOULD PROVIDE REASONABLE ASSURANCE OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING, OR,IN THE ALTERNATIVE, WOULD MERIT A PERMANENT EXEMPTION (without enclosure)
Cuoco, L. M.
e-mail Garfield, G. G.
e-mail Gillespie, J.*
Millstone 475/5 Gore, J.
e-mail Millstone Licensing e-mail Quinlan, W. J.
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J. Harriser), Proje9t Manager, Chester Kokoszka-Project Directorate I-3 New Hampshire Public Utilities
' Division of Reactor Projects--l/II.
Commission Office of Nuclear Rocto Regulation.
8 Old Suncook Road U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concord,NH 03301 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Robert A. Backus H. J. Miller, Region I Administrator Backus, Meyer, Sollomon, Rood & Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission -
PO Box 516 475 Allendale Road Manchester,NH 03105 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Steve Camerino R. W. Lorson (49-NR)
McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton Sr. Resident Inspector, 15 N. Main Street
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Concord,NH 03301 PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874-0300 Frank Getman Great Bay Power U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Cocheco Falls Millworks' Attn.: Document Control Desk -
100 Main Street #200 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Dover,NH 03820 Robert S. Wood John A. Tillinghast Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Great Bay Power U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Cocheco Falls Millworks Washington, DC 20555-0001 100 Main Street #200 Dover,NH 03820 Steven R. Ilom Office of General Counsel Gerald Charnoff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Washington, DC 20555-0001 2300 N Street, N.W.-
Washington,DC 20037 James Anderson
- Office of Consumer Advocate 8 Old Suncook Road Concord, NH.03301.
l Susan Chamberlin
- Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella~
- PO Box 630 a 225. Water Street :
, Exeter,NH 03833?
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